Horse-power



R.- G. WADE.

. Horse-Power.

No. 225,445. Patented Mar. 9,1880.

UNITED STATES ROBERT C. WADE, OF HICKORY PLAINS, ARKANSAS.

HORSE- POWER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,445, dated March 9,1880.

Application filed December 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT C. WADE, ofHickory Plains, in the county of Prairie, and in the State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse- Powers; and1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a horse-powerfor cotton-gins and other purposes, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which. my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective view of my improved horse-power.

A represents a frame of any suitable construction, or it may be the roomin which the power is placed. In this frame is a vertical shaft orroller, B, turning in suitable bearings at top and bottom, and having alarge bandwheel, O,secured to it, said wheel being braced by means ofinclined braces D, running from near the periphery of the wheel downwardand inward to the roller. Below these braces two horizontal arms, E E,are framed into the roller, and extend on a line in opposite directions.

Two inclined braces, F F, and two parallel levers, G G, are framedtogether and to the arms E E, substantially in the manner shown, and aplatform, H, connects the levers. At the ends of the levers G G arehooks a a, or their equivalents, for connecting the horses.

By this construction, as shown and described, the followingadvantagesare derived: It saves one driver, and is more easily driven by onedriver than the old one is by two, because he isin reach and can driveboth teams at once. The arrow shaped bracing, as described, is a compact arrangement for strengthening or supporting the horse levers orsweeps. Further, the convenience of having breastchains on one team issafe and easily attached, and will save accidents in the eve nt of thebelts running off or breaking.

The whole power is so thoroughly bolted and framed together that themotion and movementare regular and even.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, :is

In a horse-power, the arrow-shaped bracing consisting of the arms E E,levers G G, and inclined braces F F, as described, in combina tion withthe vertical shaft B, wheel 0, and the braces D, substantially as hereinshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of November, 1879.

ROBERT CHARLES WADE.

Witnesses J. J. MCCARTHY, W. A. CHALK.

